Re: postgresql or mysql or oracle?

Bruno Wolff III <bruno(at)wolff(dot)to> writes:
> Randolf Richardson <rr(at)8x(dot)ca> wrote:
>> MySQL: Not free for commercial use
>> [If I'm mistaken about any of this, corrections are welcome.]

> MySQL is GPL code and hence is free for commercial use if you abide
> by the restrictions of the GPL. If you want to not have to abide by
> these restrictions then you have to make a deal with MySQL to get the
> code under an alternate license.

I seem to recall some flaps about MySQL AB using an overly tight
interpretation of the GPL and therefore telling people they needed
commercial licenses in cases where independent observers thought not.
Too lazy to look up the details at the moment, though.

regards, tom lane